Why bother playing a game when you can just obsessively collect every piece of information about it ahead of time? In this spirit we bring you further details of Pokémon Black & White’s veteran-friendly streamlined game mechanics, including wilderness Poké-centres, earlier introduction of advanced features, and an item for finding items. That’s meta, that is.

Pokémon Black & White means new adventures, new challenges – and most of all new Pokémon for some snotty kid to beat the stuffing out of you with. There’s only one defence: swotting up on these game changers ahead of launch day. Here’s nine to get you started. There will be a test.

There may have been a week-long delay between the announcement of the US and European release dates for Pokémon Black & White, but the shoe is on the other foot now. Nintendo have reportedly announced that the latest instalment of the obsessive-compulsive animal training sim will arrive in Europe two days before the US sees a hair of it.

Why bother playing a game when you can just obsessively collect every piece of information about it ahead of time? In this spirit we bring you further details of Pokémon Black & White’s veteran-friendly streamlined game mechanics, including wilderness Poké-centres, earlier introduction of advanced features, and an item for finding items. That’s meta, that is.

Pokémon Black & White means new adventures, new challenges – and most of all new Pokémon for some snotty kid to beat the stuffing out of you with. There’s only one defence: swotting up on these game changers ahead of launch day. Here’s nine to get you started. There will be a test.

There may have been a week-long delay between the announcement of the US and European release dates for Pokémon Black & White, but the shoe is on the other foot now. Nintendo have reportedly announced that the latest instalment of the obsessive-compulsive animal training sim will arrive in Europe two days before the US sees a hair of it.